Tai Tzu Ying will be named the new world no.1 after she netted her second Hong Kong Open Superseries title on Sunday. She knocked out both Olympic finalists this year, Spaniard Marin and India’s Sindhu on her way to the victory, which is worth 9,200 points and will help the Taiwanese take over from Marin as world no.1 when the BWF world rankings are updated on Thursday.

Tai Tzu Ying will be named the new world no.1 after she netted her second Hong Kong Open Superseries title on Sunday. She knocked out both Olympic finalists this year, Spaniard Marin and India’s Sindhu on her way to the victory, which is worth 9,200 points and will help the Taiwanese take over from Marin as world no.1 when the BWF world rankings are updated on Thursday.